Semicircle (album)

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Semicircle
Studio album by The Go! Team
Released	19 January 2018 (2018-01-19)
Studio	Brighton Electric (Brighton, England) Howard RD (Brighton, England) Metway Studio (Brighton, England) AMR Studio (Houston, Texas) Tempermill Studio (Detroit, Michigan)
Genre	Indie pop
Length	40:42
Label	Memphis Industries
Producer	Ian Parton
The Go! Team chronology
The Scene Between (2015) Semicircle (2018) Get Up Sequences Part One (2021)
Singles from Semicircle
"Semicircle Song" Released: 11 October 2017 [1] "Mayday" Released: 30 November 2017 [2] "All the Way Live" Released: 5 January 2018 [3]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.1/10 [4]
Metacritic	70/100 [5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The A.V. Club	B− [7]
The Independent	[8]
Mojo	[9]
The Observer	[10]
Pitchfork	6.3/10 [11]
PopMatters	8/10 [12]
Record Collector	[13]
The Skinny	[14]
Uncut	6/10 [15]

Semicircle is the fifth studio album by English band The Go! Team. It was released on 19 January 2018 by Memphis Industries. Vocals on the album were provided by band members Ninja and Maki, with guest vocals from the Detroit Youth Choir, Julie Margat, Darenda Weaver, and Amber Arcades. Brass was provided by the Neon Saints Brass Band. ^{[6] [16]}

Accolades

Accolades for Semicircle

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Rough Trade	Top 100 Albums of 2018	97	[17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ian Parton, except where noted.

Semicircle track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mayday"		3:57
2.	"Chain Link Fence"		3:40
3.	"Semicircle Song"	Parton Stuart Bogie	3:29
4.	"Hey!"		2:53
5.	"The Answer's No – Now What's the Question?"		4:26
6.	"Chico's Radical Decade"	Parton Bram Makahekum	2:41
7.	"All the Way Live"	Parton John Harris	3:33
8.	"If There's One Thing You Should Know"		3:25
9.	"Tangerine / Satsuma / Clementine"		1:23
10.	"She's Got Guns"	Parton Nkechi Egenamba Ross Harris Bert Page Mike Page Tom Watt	3:30
11.	"Plans Are Like a Dream U Organise"		3:44
12.	"Getting Back Up"		4:01
Total length:			40:42

Personnel

The Go! Team

• Sam Dook
• Ninja
• Simone Odaranile
• Ian Parton
• Angela Won-Yin Mak

Additional musicians

• Amber Arcades – vocals on "The Answer's No – Now What's the Question?" and "Plans Are Like a Dream U Organise"
• Detroit Youth Choir – vocals on "Mayday", "Semicircle Song", "All the Way Live", "She's Got Guns" and "Getting Back Up"
• Doreen Kirchner – vocals on "The Answer's No – Now What's the Question?"
• Julie Margat – vocals on "Hey!"
• Darenda Weaver – vocals on "The Answer's No – Now What's the Question?"

Production

• Matt Colton – mastering
• Ian Parton – mixing, production
• Paul "P-Dub" Walton – mixing

Artwork and design

• Luke Insect – graphic design
• James Slater – art direction
• Annick Wolfers – cover photograph

Charts

Chart performance for Semicircle

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [18]	33
UK Albums (OCC) [19]	39
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [20]	4

References

1. "Semicircle Song". United Kingdom: 7digital . Retrieved 13 November 2018.
2. "Mayday by The Go! Team". Amazon. United States. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
3. "All the Way Live by The Go! Team". Amazon. United States. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
4. "Semicircle by The Go! Team reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
5. "Semicircle by The Go! Team Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 11 May 2018.
6. Sendra, Tim. "Semicircle – The Go! Team". AllMusic . Retrieved 4 February 2018.
7. McLevy, Alex (19 January 2018). "The Go! Team, Semicircle". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 14 November 2018.
8. Gill, Andy (11 January 2018). "Album reviews: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Wrong Creatures, The Go! Team – Semicircle, Jonny Greenwood – Phantom Thread". The Independent . Retrieved 14 November 2018.
9. Allen, Matt (February 2018). "The Go! Team: Semicircle". Mojo (291): 96.
10. Mackay, Emily (14 January 2018). "The Go! Team: Semicircle review – a psychedelic tonic". The Observer . Retrieved 14 November 2018.
11. Beta, Andy (19 January 2018). "The Go! Team: Semicircle". Pitchfork . Retrieved 4 February 2018.
12. Schiller, Mike (24 January 2018). "'Semicircle' Proves the Go! Team Possesses the Fountain of Youth". PopMatters . Retrieved 14 November 2018.
13. Harley, Kevin (January 2018). "The Go! Team – Semicircle". Record Collector (475). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
14. Goggins, Joe (16 January 2018). "The Go! Team – Semicircle". The Skinny . Retrieved 14 November 2018.
15. Troussé, Stephen (February 2018). "The Go! Team: Semicircle". Uncut (249): 27.
16. Alekseenko, Gregory (6 February 2018). "The Go! Team - Semicircle — Sungenre Review". Sungenre. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
17. "Album of the Year 2018". Roughtrade.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
18. "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 26/1/2018 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
19. "Official Albums Chart on 26/1/2018 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
20. "Official Independent Albums Chart on 26/1/2018 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

External links

• Semicircle at Discogs (list of releases)
• Semicircle at MusicBrainz (list of releases)